Romeo Oriogun

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Romeo Oriogun is a Nigerian poet and essayist. He is the author of Sacrament of Bodies[1] (University of Nebraska) and three chapbooks. He won the 2017 Brunel International African Poetry Prize[2] and was a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Prize for poetry[3] and The Future Awards African Prize for Literature. He has received fellowships and support from Ebedi International Writers Residency, Harvard University,[4] Hutchins Center for African and African American Research,[5] Oregon Institute for Creative Research, and the IIE- Artist Protection Fund. His poems have appeared in Poetry,[6] Havard Review,[7] American Poetry Review,[8] Poetry London, The Poetry Review, Narrative Magazine,[9] The Common, and others. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, his poems have been translated into several languages.

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  1. ^ Oriogun, Romeo (2020). Sacrament of bodies. Lincoln. ISBN 9781496219640.
  2. ^ "Brunel International African Poetry Prize Awarded to Nigeria's Romeo Oriogun". www.brunel.ac.uk.
  3. ^ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary.
  4. ^ "Colloquium with Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun". africa.harvard.edu.
  5. ^ "Announcing the 2018-2019 Fellows".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Foundation, Poetry (22 December 2021). "Coming Out by Romeo Oriogun". Poetry Foundation.
  7. ^ Weddell, Cecilia. "Before Your Mama Knew Us as Light". Harvard Review.
  8. ^ "American Poetry Review - Romeo Oriogun - "A Brief History of Becoming"". American Poetry Review.
  9. ^ Oriogun, Romeo (5 September 2019). "The Niger Sings of Blood by Romeo Oriogun". www.narrativemagazine.com.
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